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DAILY ASPENDOS PERGE SIDE TOUR ITINERARY:

Aspendos: is famous for its best-preserved theater of antiquity built
in the 2nd c. AD with a capacity of 15, 000 people. Still used today for
performances and festivals, the theater's galleries, stage decorations and
acoustics all testify to its architect Xenon's success. Next to the stage there
is a small room which is used as a small museum where you can see some of the
masks and clay tickets. Nearby stand the remains of a basilica, agora and one of
the largest aqueducts in Anatolia. Here you can visit also the acropolis of the
city with a great view of the river.

Perge: It was settled by the Hittites around 1500 B. C. Kestros (Aksu)
river, which runs near acropolis, made Perge like a port because it was possible
to navigate. An important trade route starting from Side run through Perge. It
is also famous by the fact that when St. Paul started his journeys, he visited
Perge in 46 A. D. and preached his first sermon here. That's why it became an
important city for the Christians during Byzantine period.

To understand the importance of the city it is necessary to visit its remains.
You can see the ruins of the antique theatre (capacity 12, 000 people), its
stage has marble relieves depicting the life of Dionysos; a stadium, which is in
a shape of "U" for 12, 000 people; remains of the first church built in Perge,
an agora, which has dimensions of 76x76 m. and it's surrounded by Corinthian
columns, in the middle of it there is a round temple of Tyche (2nd century A. D.
); a basilica - another structure from Christian Era with three entrances, a
good example of a Roman Bath in the southern part of the city, and Hellenistic
gates which later were converted into a court of honor by Plancia Magna.

Side: The furthest city in the east of historical Pamphylia. Situated on
a peninsula about 1000 m long and 400 m. wide, it fulfilled its duty as a
commercial port. Naturally, Side used to be one of the most important trade
centers in the antiquity and now it is one of the most popular holiday resort in
Turkey. According to Strabon the ancient geographer, side was first established
in the 7 th cen. B. C. as a trade colony of the Aegean city Kyme near Izmir But
the merchants took up the local language, Side tan the name "Side" meant
pomegranate, the fruit symbolizing abundance and fertility. Like the other
Pamphylian cities in general, Side was ruled by Lydia in the sixth cent. B. C.
and Persia after 547 B. C. The coins minted in here prove that Side had at least
an internal independence. Alexander the Great conquered Side in the first year
of the great campaign on Asia in 334 B. C. and was introduced to Hellenistic
culture.

Kursunlu Waterfalls: The Kursunlu is a waterfall which is reduced to a
mere trickle in the summer months. It is located 19 km from Antalya at the end
of a 7 km road branching off to the north of the Antalya-Serik-Alanya highway at
a point 12 km from Antalya. The waterfall is on one of the tributaries of the
Aksu river and its situation in the midst of a pine forest is of quite
exceptional beauty. The countryside around the water forms a lovely picnic and
pleasure spot only twenty minutes from the centre of the city of Antalya.

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